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Reddit Co-founder Joins Net Neutrality Debate

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Alexis Ohanian, the American Internet entrepreneur most famous for co-founding Reddit, has launched a crowdfund campaign to fight the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed “fast lanes” – superior channels that companies can purchase from ISPs to guarantee that their content travels quickly across the Internet.

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Net Threats: Internet Openness in Danger

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Reflecting the increasing attention paid to information security by many Americans, Pew Research recently conducted a large study, “ Net Threats ”, to identify important trends among technology experts’ opinions and predictions regarding the future of digital security. By Shannon Perry.

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Interview: Expedia’s new leaders from Apple and Verizon hope to help travel giant bounce back

GeekWire

Over the course of nearly two decades, the Seattle travel platform snatched up more than 40 companies with a combined worth of nearly $13 billion. Last week Expedia announced the hiring of Jon Gieselman , Apple’s former head of marketing for services, to help customers make sense of the online travel giant’s tangled product lineup.

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Priceline CTO Marty Brodbeck on improving developer experience

CIO Business Intelligence

Three years ago, online travel agency Priceline started its cloud journey with a goal to create a more flexible and agile technology infrastructure, says CTO Marty Brodbeck. So, we put together a 3-year business case that sees us sunsetting all of our data centers by 2023.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

GeekWire

The former Expedia CEO, who joined trucking startup Convoy a year ago , previously served as CFO at the Seattle travel giant. Prior to joining Convoy in 2018, Kreiner was CEO of Cal Net Technology Group and a managing partner at Olympic Valley Capital. Athira Photos). Athira Photos). The Bothell, Wash.-based Read the story.

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CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

The savings are just too big to ignore for a ton of companies,” says David Heinemeier Hansson, the Danish developer of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, which completed a six-month total exit from the cloud last June. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024.

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Ecco come i CIO stanno ripensando alle strategie sul cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

I risparmi sono troppo grandi per essere ignorati da molte aziende”, afferma David Heinemeier Hansson, sviluppatore danese di Ruby on Rails, nonché co-proprietario e CTO di 37signals, che ha completato un’uscita totale di sei mesi dal cloud lo scorso giugno [in inglese]. “Un

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